workshops

Whether you are painting for a living or hobby, painting small and often is a powerful way to rapidly improve your skills.

There is a fast growing group of people, called daily painters, who do small paintings every day, post photographs of their paintings on a blog, and then sell them through eBay, with a usual starting price of $100. In this way, many artists are finding they can grow quickly in skill and finally make a living with their art, after struggling for years in galleries and at art fairs. Carol has had 5+ years of experience daily painting and teaches workshops around the US and Canada.

We will spend most of our time on the basic principles of design – the rules of composition, value, color, and shape – and how to apply them to small still lives. We will then experiment with color relationships using an alternative to the traditional color wheel, explore color mixing, and how each color “leans” towards others. We will push our compositions to avoid “floating” objects and learn the one, simple rule to avoid a boring still life. There will be daily demos, handouts and one-on-one critiques.

Finally, we will learn how to set up a blog, the in’s and out’s of ebay, shipping and marketing your work, etc. There will be reference material on this to take home.

SHEDULE

June 27 - July 1, '11, Benalto, Alberta, Canada - to register, email me - FULL

Aug 8-12, '11, Fish Creek, WI - register with the Peninsula School of Art - FULL w/ wait list

Sep 12-16, '11, Marshfield Hills, MA - register at northriverarts.org or contact Laura - FULL w/ wait list

Oct 17-21, '11, Jacksonville, FL - to register email Eileen Corse more info - FULL w/ wait list

Nov 7-11, '11, Sedona, AZ - register with the Sedona Arts Center - FULL w/ wait list

Dec 12-16, '11, Aurora, IL - register here

Jan 9-13, '12, San Antonio, TX - register with Coppini Academy of Fine Art - FULL w/ wait list

Feb 13-17, '12, Langley, WA - register with Whidbey Island Fine Art - FULL w/ wait list

Mar 12-16, '12, New Braunfels, TX - to register, email Mary - FULL w/ wait list

May 14-18, '12, Sedona, AZ - register with the Sedona Arts Center

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